Victorian Streetwalk to herald holiday in Saratoga Springs

Editors Note: The date for the Victorian Streetwalk in the Nov. 23 Saratogian was incorrect. The correct date is Nov. 29.

SARATOGA SPRINGS -- The 26th annual Victorian Streetwalk will herald the beginning of the holiday season Nov. 29 in downtown Saratoga Springs. Broadway will be closed to traffic from 5 to 10 p.m. from the Route 50 arterial to the Spring Street intersection.

The Victorian Streetwalk, which annually draws thousands of visitors from throughout the region, will run from 6 to 10 p.m. and is sponsored by the Saratoga Springs Downtown Business Association.

CDTA, a festival Gold Sponsor, will run free shuttle buses every 20 minutes from the Empire State

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College parking lot at

111 West Ave. on Saratoga Springs' west side, the Oklahoma track (just off Exit 14 of I-87) and the Weibel Avenue Skating Rink parking lots on the east side. Shuttles will operate from 4:30 to

10:30 p.m.

There will be more than 50 sites with free entertainment, including The Christian Brothers Academy Marching Band, fiddlers, hammered dulcimer, a cappella singing, choral singing, saxophone, crystal glasses, accordion, balloons, ballet dancers, live reindeer, Santa and Mrs. Claus, Festival of Trees at the City Center, a Toys for Tots Drive in front of G. Willikers, face painting, Newfoundland dogs and the list goes on and on.

Matt Casson, a winner of the famed John Lennon Songwriting Contest and appeared on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno and "The View," will perform at the Wine Bar.

Have a group photo taken at Impressions with A Victorian Print Giveaway. Nacre Dance will be performing "Waltz of the Flowers" and "Moving Bell Choir" three times at the Universal Preservation Hall; Friends of the Military Museum will have the 77th Regimental Balladeers & the Rural Felicity Fife & Drum Corps at the museum and a photo booth will be taking holiday photos at Anastasia's Photography above Mimosa Gallery at

489 Broadway.

Santa and Mrs. Claus arrive at the Santa Cottage in front of Putnam Market, just across from Caroline Street, at 6 p.m.

Special postal cancellations will be available at the Broadway Post Office from 5 to 9 p.m. Limited edition commemorative posters may be purchased for $5 each. Bring stamped Christmas card envelopes to get them canceled with the special Victorian Streetwalk cancellation for free, and the Historical Society gift shop will be open at Canfield Casino.

Most businesses will be open until 10 p.m. The Victorian Streetwalk is free and open to the public.

For more information or a map and listing of the entertainment, go to www.saratogadowntown.